Over 300 Children Killed or Injured in Sudan Fighting Between Army and RSF

The war in Sudan has killed or injured more than 300 children in the past six months, mostly from drone strikes, the U.N. children's agency said Monday. The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have fought since April 2023.

The conflict is now concentrated in the Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile states, where drone warfare accounts for 60 percent of casualties, according to UNICEF. -backed Human Rights Council approved without a vote a measure brought by five European countries that condemns escalating violence by the Rapid Support Forces and its allies in and around el-Obeid in North Kordofan.

The measure encourages greater support for countries hosting Sudanese refugees and condemns all forms of external interference.

The conflict has killed at least 59,000 people, displaced 13 million and left more than 30 million in need of humanitarian assistance. Drone strikes and shelling have hit schools, markets, fuel and water stations, endangering over 500,000 people. Separately, at least 15 informal miners were killed Monday when a defunct gold mine partly collapsed in the district of Wadi Halfa near the Egyptian border.

One additional miner was injured at the Mohamed Taqfiq mine, Sudanese authorities and the state-run Sudanese Mineral Resources Co. said. Sudan produced 70 tons of gold last year, up from 64 tons in 2024, according to official figures.

Artisanal and small-scale operations account for most output. “Children are being caught in a relentless cycle of violence, displacement and deprivation,” said Sheldon Yett, UNICEF representative for Sudan. The U.N.

Called on the parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and to allow safe humanitarian access.